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Meaning of key log | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The log which, if removed, would free up the whole logjam.
  2. The key issue or problem, which if (re)solved, would make the current task easy to complete. The issue around which the whole problem revolves.

Examples

“In a log jam, where everything is at cross-purposes, there is somewhere a key log causing the trouble. The key log in the educational jam is the department, and the things which have caused it to make so much trouble are narrow departmental ambition and excessive striving for reputation through the publication of research.”
“Present conditions are "a crisis of confidence. . . . Electric utilities are the key log."”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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